Department profile
Career (Paid)East Hartford Fire Department
East Hartford, CT · Hartford County. East Hartford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 136 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 136
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
East Hartford Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +240%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 5
- stations
- $6,681,077
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
East Hartford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving East Hartford, CT (Hartford County), with 5 stations and 136 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #508 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $6,681,077.
- National personnel rank #508 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #16 of 203
- 3.68 stations per 100 personnel
- 41 other listed departments in Hartford County
East Hartford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
136 Top 2% higher than 98% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 02090 · East Hartford Fire Department, CT 136 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 136
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #508
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sedgwick County F…
- FEMA-HEAVY $6.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sedgwick County Fire District1, KS (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CT department.
- East Hartford (this dept) 136
- High Fort Pike Volunte…, LA 136
- Near Sedgwick County F…, KS 136
- Near City of LA Habra…, CA 136
- Near City of Orange, CA 136
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- East Hartford, CT
- County
- Hartford County
- FDID
- 02090
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-07177 | $165,648.18 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-05200 | $625,063.81 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-02959 | $532,687.35 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05187 | $874,687.73 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO06110 | $298,431 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO05919 | $259,200 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0365 | $3,925,359 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How East Hartford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #16 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #508 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
East Hartford Fire Department is 4.2% of Hartford County roster mass
The county lists 74 departments totaling 3,255 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.68 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 136 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sedgwick County Fire District1, KS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 136 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.